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OLIVER L. GARDNER AND WILLIAM GARDNER, 0F GLEN GARDNER,

NEW JERSEY.

Letteis`Patent No. 113,868, dated April 18, 187] IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICESFOR ADJUSTING MIRRORS.

The Schedule referred icoin these Letters Patent and making parl: of thelame.

and its base or the upper portion ofa bureau to which itis attached;

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation, showing the mirror in 'a verticalposition and in dotted lines in an inclined position, and also themechanism for operatingr the mirror;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the lower side of the .cover of a bureau orother piece of furniture to which the mirror may b e attached, showingthe screw and sliding bar which operate the mirror-trame;

Figure 4 is an elevation of the oscillating support to which the mirroris attached; and

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the same and of a portion of' thesliding bar which operates it.

. Corresponding letters referto corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention relates to an improved method of suspending and operatingmirrors or mirror-frames; and

It consists ofthe means employed to produce such results, as will bemore fully explained hereinafter.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains topractice our improved method, We will proceed to describe it, referringto the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this speci'dcation,and in which- Arefcrs to a mirror, which is set in a frame A. Thismirror and its frame may be of' any form and size suited to the articleof furniture upon which it is to he piaced. J K

B refers to the base ot' the mirror, which may be the top of a bureau,drawing-case, or other article of furniture, or it may be only a'movable platform upon which the mirror may be placed for convenience'in moving from place to place or from one piece of furxiiture toanother. In any case it is to be provided with a recess in its lowersurface for lthe lower vend of an oscillating support to play or movein, and with a slot entirely through it for the -insertion of suchsupport, as shown iu iig. 3. It isalso to be provided with a slot orgroove for the reception of a sliding bar,

which moves the mirror, vand with au aperture for the reception of ascrew, as shown.

' O is an oscillating support for theframe of the mirror, it beingconstructed substantially as shown in gs. 4 and 5, so that its upper orelongated portion may rest upon the upper surface of its base or thearticle of furniture to which it 'may be attached, while. its smaller orreduced portion passes through the slot formed in the base andv engageswith a hook formed upon the sliding bar which moves it, and which willbe hereinafter more fully described.

Instead of having the shoulder formed upon the support O, from thepivoted point upon which it oscillates, it may be provided withjournals, which may enter boxes in the upper surface of the base, andthus additional security willbe afforded to the mirror, especially whenlarge ones are to be used.

D refers to a'sliding bar, which'has one of its' ends formed, as shownin lig. 5, so as to form a hook for the lower end of the oscillatingsupport C to rest in, and so as to form a projectioxnpwhich shall passthrough. a slot in the lower portion of such support, and thus preventthe same and the mirror which is attached to it from beingaccidentallyremoved from its place. The opposite end of this bar isprovided with a nut, through which a screw passes. y

E refers to a screw, which is so arranged in the cover ofthe furniture,or in the base of the mirror, that it shall work through the nut in theend of the sliding bar, while its outer end is provided with a wheel orother means for turning it, 'so that by turning the screw theoscillating support, and with it the mirror, may be made to assume anyposition, either vertical or angular, as shown in fig. 2, or as theconvenience ofthe person using it may require.

Having thus `described our invention,

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of' the frame A', base B, oscillating support O, slidingbar D, and screw E forI supporting and operating mirrors from theirbase, it being effected by means substantially such as'ar'e herein shownand described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we havehereunto set our hands this 16th day of March, A. D. 1871, in presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

. '0. L. GARDNER. Witnesses: WILLIAM GARDNER;

' F. TRUMBoWEn,

E. B. GnIFFITHs.

